One of the serious benefits of book blogging is that it prompts me to venture outside of my reading comfort zone.I could be very happy simply rereading my current book collection again and again.Instead, I read about my fellow bloggers’ new favorites.Blogging introduces me to the latest releases, new favorite genres, and allows me to connect with fresh genius.Listed below are the best of the crop of the authors I read for the first time in 2012.

2. Margo Lanagan (The Brides of Rollrock Island) – I expected too much going into the reading experience, so my first Lanagan book didn’t shine as much as promised.I was impressed by the writing, though, and I’ll be back for more.

3. Cath Crowley (Graffiti Moon) – Crowley is a master at writing relationships, and delineating hopes, dreams and the awkward/sweet/angry that is teenage life.

Thanks for stopping by my blog =) This is my first time visiting your blog and I'm loving it so far! I haven't actually read ANY of the authors on your top ten list but, based on your descriptions, I shall be checking them all out! *sigh* and the TBR list gets that much longer ;P